Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Taste Enclave @ Avenue K

Avenue K's sprawling new food court is well worth visiting, with a dizzying diversity of dishes that represent street fare from Singapore & the Klang Valley.

Comfy, clean & contemporary-looking, Taste Enclave is a tempting lunch & dinnertime alternative for city-center workers fed up with the too-safe, sterile choices at Suria KLCC; this might be the best thing that's happened to Avenue K.

It'd take more than one or two visits to sample Taste Enclave's full selection, spanning Singapore's well-known Jalan Kayu Prata to KL's respected Heun Kee claypot rice from Pudu.

Direct from Singapore's Orchard Road: the Vietnamese-owned Y Thu Wendy, where specialties include "bun thit nuong," BBQ meat with cold vermicelli & herbs. And yes, all these recipes hail from their original outlets.

So many more stalls, whipping up everything from Hokkien mee to beef tripe noodles ...

Not inside Taste Enclave or affiliated with the food court, but notable for being on the same floor: Tad's Rockin' Hot Dogs (also found at Mid Valley), a 1901 spin-off that includes fun recipes like Negaraku Weenie, with a serunding-topped sausage.

Taste Enclave,

Food Atrium, Level Two, Avenue K, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur

The Oct.-Dec. edition of Eat Drink KL: 100 Favorites is now available in an eBook for free, convenient reading on computers, tablets & smartphones. It comprises reviews of 100 eateries that span various locations, cuisines & budgets: http://eatdrinkkl.publ.com/Eat-Drink-KL-100-Favorites-Oct-Dec-2013 (link expires Dec. 31, 2013; see blog entries after that date for new link).

Went to Avenue K "Taste Enclave" for the first time yesterday and tried the Vegetarian stall: Hoong Kee Vegetarian. The food was nothing to shout about but the worse thing is that they cheated me so blatantly. They charged me for food I hadn't eaten and their excuse was the girl at the cashier couldn't speak English. What a lame excuse. They charged me for sweet and sour fish which I hadn't eaten, sweet and sour chicken which I hadn't eaten and roast chicken....all of these I had not eaten. I only ate pure vegetable which were supposed to be 1.50 each but they took the liberty to charged each dish 2.50 instead. I complained to the owner and he couldn't careless....so people be very weary at this food court especially if you are a foreigner...they will CHEAT you!. For me it was first and last time.

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